片刻 piànkè▶ một lúc; một khoảnh khắc

Stroke order

片刻 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 片 — 4 strokes
• 刻 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. short period of time
2. a moment

Related words

• 片断Mảnh vỡ; Đoạn nhỏ
• 雕刻chạm khắc
• 刻不容缓Không chậm trễ, không trì hoãn
• 片lát; miếng
• 刻苦Chăm chỉ
• 名片danh thiếp

片刻 is pronounced piànkè and means “một lúc; một khoảnh khắc”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 片刻 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.